Possessed a Healing Game, but It’s a Zombie Apocalypse - Chapter 14

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Episode 14

The zombie that got hit squarely in the face with the stone looked around and then started running toward Nana when it spotted her.

“Su… success! It’s a success, but it’s so scary! These damn zombies, they’re usually slow but when they see a person they’re absolutely relentless?! Are you guys beasts? No, you’re not beasts. You’re just monsters!”

Nana ran toward the farm with all her might. She squeezed out every ounce of strength she had, even the strength from when she was nursing, and ran along the path she had scouted beforehand, barely making it inside the farm boundary. The zombie following her in was a bonus.

The zombie that had been fiercely chasing her stopped abruptly like a puppet with its strings cut the moment it set foot on the farm.

“Th-that’s a success, right?”

Nana was catching her breath and wondering uncertainly when it happened.

【A zombie has entered the farm. Would you like to register this zombie as a new worker?】

Of course! That’s what I went through all this trouble for. There was no hesitation in Nana’s hand as she pressed the accept button.

【Zombie23 has been added as a farm worker. Zombies without self-awareness are assigned to the farm as serfs. Serfs cannot be added as party members, and if you want to know how many serfs are assigned, check your status window.】

As the system said, when she checked the status window, new text had indeed been added in the bottom corner.

【3/N】

It was very simple text, but the meaning was clear enough. The two zombies she had forcibly employed at the blacksmith last time, plus the fresh newcomer that just entered. It meant there were a total of three zombies on Nana’s land.

Nana commanded the zombie that had become a farm slave… no, worker, with a determined expression.

“Go into the farmland over there and pull weeds!”

Then the zombie that had been standing still let its arms hang down and walked toward the farmland. It was the first moment she had put the ultimate labor force that didn’t eat or sleep to work on the farm.

Nana, who had been sitting on the ground, brushed the dirt off her dress and stood up, then entered the eastern forest again with a confident expression.

Now then, shall I continue going to scout?

It started with one zombie, but the end would be grand.

Her heart had beaten like crazy during the first lure, but as she passed the fourth and sixth times, Nana gradually got the hang of it.

The method was simple. Quietly approach, throw a stone, and when the enraged zombie chases you, sprint to the farm.

Once inside the boundary, the system automatically registers them as workers.

【Zombie 341, hit by a stone, is angrily chasing you.】

【Zombie 954, hit by a stone, is angrily chasing you.】

【Zombie 893, hit by a stone, is angrily chasing you.】

Repeated throwing and running away.

In the process, Nana’s stone-throwing accuracy improved remarkably. If there had been a job change system, she could have changed jobs to become a pitcher.

She brought a total of 10 zombies this way, and the farm gradually expanded as Quest rewards.

‘It’s starting to get dark. I should head back now.’

Just as she was looking up at the sky and about to wrap up, an unexpected situation occurred.

A wild zombie appeared before her eyes!

“Haha. Why do I always run into you at times like this? You weren’t visible when I was looking for you.”

She smiled quietly and ran toward the farm once again.

She thought there would be no problem since the path to the farm had become quite familiar.

But there was something she had forgotten.

Night in the forest comes faster than expected. And human stamina is not infinite.

Nana, who was already exhausted from luring 10 zombies, gradually slowed down, and as it grew dark ahead, the path began to look blurry.

“Huff… just a little more to go. Just a little more.”

No matter how familiar the path was, darkness was slowly descending.

With her vision darker than before, even on the same path, she was confused about whether she was going the right way.

The god of timing cruelly grabbed her ankle at this moment. Her leg got caught on a tree root she couldn’t see because of the surrounding darkness.

“Ahhh!”

Nana fell with a loud noise and rolled on the ground several times. Her whole body hurt, but there was no time to feel pain. The zombie approached Nana faster than Nana could get up while groaning.

“N-no. Just a little more and I’ll reach the farm…!”

Now the zombie had approached right in front of her. The zombie lunged at Nana with its mouth wide open. Nana squeezed her eyes shut, anticipating the pain that would soon come.

It’s a game without save points, so if I die, it’ll be game over in one shot, right? Then what happens to me? Do I return to the original world? But why don’t I feel any pain? Am I already dead?

Nana, who had been covering her head with her arms, slowly opened her eyes when she didn’t feel the expected pain. And she blinked at the unbelievable scene unfolding before her.

The zombie that had tried to attack Nana had its neck and body separated, rolling on the ground, and in front of it…

“Are you alright?”

Ishanka stood there holding a sword with blood on it.

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Ishanka, who had returned after repairing the livestock barn that had been spectacularly punctured by the meteorite, looked around the empty house and furrowed his brow.

‘…Is she sulking because of what happened then?’

No. She’s not that kind of person. Ishanka sighed and swept his bangs up. His refusal wasn’t an excuse. The remnants of black magic he felt from the zombies brought back terrible trauma, memories of that day stained with his parents’ blood.

But… even so, letting her go alone was a mistake.

Then he noticed a note on the table.

[I’m going to the farm to get zombies, um… my god calls the dead zombies. I’m used to that too. Anyway! These are important labor for me. There’s a limit to just the two of us running the farm, so I’m trying to increase the workforce. So even if zombies suddenly appear on the farm, don’t be surprised and just let them work. They absolutely won’t harm Isha, and if you don’t like how they look, I’ll wrap their faces up tight so they don’t look like zombies. I promise.

PS. I’m in the nearby eastern forest, so don’t worry.]

Ishanka’s expression became complicated as he read the note. So she went out alone after all. How exactly is she planning to deal with those things without saying anything… She’s like a goat with its tail on fire.

Then he heard growling sounds from outside. Out of long habit as a warrior, he grabbed his sword and opened the door. Then, just as written in the note, a zombie was limping around pulling weeds in the field.

And within a few minutes, another zombie entered and helped with the farm work. When zombies doing farm work slowly began to increase, Ateruna, who had been in cat form, released her transformation and hurriedly ran to Ishanka.

“Hey, brother! The undead are…”

“I know.”

“You know? But why are you just standing there?”

“Your master brought them.”

Ishanka showed Ateruna the note that had been on the table with a displeased expression. Her face contorted strangely like someone looking at incomprehensible text.

“She said before. If those things that the employer calls zombies enter the employer’s land, she can control them.”

Ateruna’s mouth fell open as she looked back and forth between Ishanka, who was casually telling this amazing story, and the note.

Being able to control the undead. Before Ateruna came to the farm, she had transformed into a cat and wandered around various places. But she had never seen undead moving under someone’s orders.

They didn’t even glance at animals and only recognized humans as prey, and when they discovered humans nearby, they moved quickly like instinct to catch and eat them, turning them into their kind – they were monsters through and through.

That’s why Ateruna, who had been wandering around as a cat, was able to safely avoid them and reach the farm. But controlling such monsters?

If this is true, my butler… is totally capable!

“I thought she was extraordinary from the time she started farming in this ruined world, but I really did choose my butler well.”

“Just in case, don’t go around talking about this anywhere. If it ever reaches the ears of the Kingdom Humans, your butler will see all kinds of dirty things in this world.”

“Would I go around talking about this? But brother, aren’t you uncomfortable?”

“What do you mean?”

“You don’t like the undead, brother. You say you can feel black magic. But with not just one or two but several of them wandering around like that, it’s surprising that you’re just standing there?”

He sighed as he stared at his younger sister who was speaking innocently without any malice.

“Isn’t it written on that paper? To leave them alone.”

Although Ishanka’s face clearly showed displeasure, he didn’t even make a move to draw his sword, just glared at the zombies.

‘Someone who shudders at black magic is just standing there quietly because of a simple request? As expected, this brother of mine, my butler…’

Ateruna covered her mischievously raised mouth corners with both fists and watched Ishanka’s profile with satisfaction.

‘This is going to be quite an entertaining spectacle, isn’t it?’

Ateruna nodded and organized her thoughts internally.

Ishanka → Nana : Confirmed

Nana → Ishanka: No awareness

Situation: Subtle but on the verge of igniting

Though it was only her speculation, within Ateruna it was practically accepted as fact.

The saying that watching fires and fights is entertaining, but nothing beats watching other people’s romance, was indeed true.

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